Solutions for your Business

AccessPoint is the leader in providing high-level employment-related services for organizations across industries with over 30 years of expertise. We are an organization providing staffing, recruiting, and full-service human resources services. At AccessPoint, we are dedicated to being a quality leader for the organizations we serve and the individuals who work for them.

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Full-Service HR

A full service Human Resources organization, we provide a suite of services tailored to your individual and organizational needs. Handling complete HR management to risk assessment and compliance, our professionals will handle everything needed to allow you to focus on growing your organization.

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Every industry has unique interests relative to human resources, staffing, and recruiting. With a wide range of services and professional expertise, AccessPoint is the single source for all of your personnel management concerns.

How can a PEO can help your Startup?

Starting a business is no easy task. The range of possibilities for new opportunities in today’s modern world is staggering, particularly with the presence of consistently evolving technology.

Small business owners are constantly under pressure to achieve short term goals as well as attract and retain valuable team members to grow efficiently and make their long-term goals a reality.

We’ve put together an outline of major categories to consider when your small or medium sized business or nonprofit, followed by some solutions to alleviate some startup-related stress. These are all aspects of an organization that can, if not handled properly, come back and surprise you with unwanted and unexpected fees, penalties, and time sinks.

This quick guide is broken down into 4 segments:

Compliance

Safety

Employee Management

Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs)

Compliance is key

As a growing organization, it’s important to stay compliant and scale accordingly with the law. There are currently 38 employment-related agencies and/or departments that operate at a governmental level- that’s a lot to stay on top of! A few things to get you started include:

It’s important to have a strong foundation to build on as your organization scales up. If your company isn’t compliant with federal or state laws, fines or even lawsuits could become a real problem down the road.

Make sure to check with your state’s labor laws to ensure your organization is doing everything to remain compliant with all regulations. Getting set up can be tricky, and it can be easy to miss the minor details. If you have questions, ask an expert for peace of mind.

Employee Management

a. Hiring and Onboarding

Developing a structure for attracting and bringing on top talent for your team is vital to the continued success of your startup. Some tasks to consider as you begin onboarding employees include:

Create onboarding process and orientation

Setup personnel files/records

Create an employee handbook

Consider a time/labor management system (i.e. clocking in/out)

Having a consistent process for hiring and onboarding employees is essential to the growth of your operation. A quick and easy turnaround time will allow you and your new employees to hit the ground running and increase your overall productivity.

b. Retaining Talent

Now that you’ve hired your dream team, it’s important to keep them. Author Stephen Covey once said, “Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.” This sentiment is more prevalent than ever in a world of constantly competing benefits, perks, and salaries between companies.

A great first step (when possible) is to

Set up employee benefits

Be flexible

Cultivate a positive workplace culture

Encourage open conversations

Be mindful of mental health and burnout

It’s easy to get immersed in your mission’s work over time, especially when things are going well. Be mindful of overworking your employees, even during well-known or expected busy times of the year. Showing your team that you and the rest of your management staff care will go a long way in keeping them on board for the long-term.

c. Termination

The tough talk that no one wants to be a part of. Having a system in place to properly terminate an employee in a professional manner is extremely important to scale your organization. Over time, your organization will be able to identify problems earlier and navigate difficult conversations more efficiently and smoothly.

To put it in perspective, small business owners spend an average of 22 hours weekly on employee-related tasks such as the ones we’ve listed above- that’s 22 hours you could be using to do anything from catching up on the status of your business, to cleaning up your inbox, to sitting down and eating lunch.

4. Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)

Luckily, there are organizations (like ours!) that are called Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs). The PEO model is a simple and effective way to help small to medium-sized organizations focus on their missions and goals.

PEOs are able to streamline hiring and onboarding, improve talent retention and save you time and resources, all while keeping your business compliant.

AccessPoint provides a single, go-to system for managing all your human resource related needs. It’s simple to start, affordable, and streamlines your infrastructure to a point where you don’t even notice all those pesky administrative tasks exist. Our team of experts can handle all required registrations, tax filing and reporting for you, making it easier to focus on the things that matter to you.